..An interesting case of an intravenous drug abuser who had endovascular management of an arteriovenous fistula and concomitant pseudoaneurysm, resulting from recurrent puncture of the femoral artery is reported in this study...

Carotid artery stenosis: does the world wide web provide sufficient information to these patients?

Umar SadatAddenbrooke s Hospital, Cambridge, UKVascular 16:91-4. 2008

..Available scoring systems provide a good means of assessment. However, significant improvement is required to enhance the overall quality of health-related Web sites...

Surgical complications in a hemophilia patient with factor VIII inhibitor and their endovascular management

..We present a literature review of published animal and human studies on ischemic postconditioning, focusing on the advances made in understanding this phenomenon since its inception and the relevant clinical applications...

Impact of the type of anesthesia on outcome after elective endovascular aortic aneurysm repair: literature review

..This review suggests that locoregional anesthesia can improve postoperative outcomes following EVAR by reducing hospital stay, ICU stay, mortality, and morbidity, although other factors may also have some influence...

..Though long term data about graft patency rates is not yet available, the endovascular approach appears to be a useful minimally invasive technique in situations where open repair is either difficult or not feasible...

Mediastinal extension of a complicated pancreatic pseudocyst; a case report and literature review

..Peripheral arterial embolism from a malignant tumour is an uncommon manifestation of a neoplasm. Here, we present a case of acute upper limb ischemia due to an embolus originating from primary lung malignancy invading the left atrium...

Angioleiomyoma of the small intestine - a rare cause of gastrointestinal bleeding

..Benign tumors are a rare cause of gastrointestinal hemorrhage of which angioleiomyomas constitute a very small minority. They have been reported in literature to present with volvulus, bleeding or intussusceptions...

..This meta-analysis of the three RCTs that have compared topical negative pressure with conventional treatment in patients with lower limb ulcers found that it significantly reduced healing times and increased the number of healed wounds...

..To report a randomized clinical trial designed to determine if remote ischemic preconditioning (IP) has the ability to reduce renal and cardiac damage following endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR)...

..Biomechanical stresses play an important role in determining plaque stability. Quantification of these simulated stresses can be potentially used to assess plaque vulnerability and differentiate different patient groups...

Impact of plaque haemorrhage and its age on structural stresses in atherosclerotic plaques of patients with carotid artery disease: an MR imaging-based finite element simulation study

..This study aims to characterize the healing process of ruptured FC by assessing the lumen conditions, quantified by the lumen curvature and roughness, using in vivo carotid cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR)...

..In the next few years, a number of large randomized clinical trials will clarify its role. Issues regarding anatomical suitability, techniques, perioperative care, and service provision need to be addressed in order to optimize outcomes...

..We conducted a retrospective study to determine the incidence and clinical associations of atrial fibrillation following open elective abdominal aortic aneurysm repair as well as its effect on prognosis...

..Using lumen irregularity as a method of identifying vulnerable plaque sites by referring to the lumen shape is a novel and simple method, which can be used for mechanics-based plaque vulnerability assessment...

..Biomechanical assessment of carotid plaques using high-resolution MRI can help examine the relationship between the timing of carotid plaque symptomology and maximum simulated plaque stress concentration...

..The long-term complications after implantation of a prosthetic mesh in inguinal hernia repair remain a concern. Recent development of new mesh materials has resulted in meshes with lower weight (LW) and with better biocompatibility...

..Each year more than 110,000 people in England suffer from a stroke which costs the National Health Service (NHS) over GBP2.8 billion. Thus, it is imperative that patients at risk be screened for underlying carotid artery atherosclerosis...

..9%. The 12-month mortality rate was 14.2%. Endovascular repair shows encouraging short-term results. It is associated with significantly less mortality and morbidity, but long-term results need to be further investigated...